Strong Foundations

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

New Yorker editor David Remnick explains how President Obama has carved out his own unique place in American history. Then, Alice Waters describes how to cook food that’s sustainable – and delicious. And Ian McEwan discusses his new novel, Solar, about a scientist who may have found a way to clean up his personal life and the planet. Plus, producer Jerry Weintraub describes working with just about everyone in Hollywood.

Tags:

David Remnick, discusses the circumstances and experiences of Barack Obama’s life and explores the ambition behind his rise. His book The Bridge offers the most complete account yet of Obama’s upbringing and the experiences that shaped his greater mission.

Alice Waters, champion of the sustainable, local cooking movement, discusses her essential cooking techniques and recipes for good food. Her latest book, In the Green Kitchen, includes more than 50 recipes and instructions on basics from steaming vegetables to dressing a salad to filleting a fish.

Novelist Ian McEwan talks about his latest book Solar, about a Nobel prize–winning physicist faced with fixing his crumbling marriage, reviving his career, and even possibly saving the world from environmental disaster.

JEAN-PIERRE MOULLÉ has been a chef at Chez Panisse for nearly thirty years. He now spends six months as chef and the other six months in his native Bordeaux. When he first arrived at our kitchen in 1976, he had already trained and apprenticed in France, and ...

Show Archive

Feeds

WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820 are New York's flagship public radio
stations, broadcasting the finest programs from NPR, PRI and American Public Media, as well as a wide range of award-winning local
programming. WNYC is a division of
New York Public Radio.